Epoch & Unix Timestamp in Python
Get the current epoch timestamp
import time
epoch_seconds = int(time.time())Convert epoch to date
from datetime import datetime, timezone
dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(1718200000, tz=timezone.utc)Convert date to epoch
from datetime import datetime, timezone
epoch = int(datetime(2026, 6, 12, tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp())Python notes
time.time() returns float seconds. Always pass tz=timezone.utc to fromtimestamp — without it the result is silently converted to local time.
Check any value live with the epoch converter, or read what Unix time actually counts.
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